M3 re-route the only just
award
If there was an award for protesting, it would go to the
1,500-plus people who made the journey from all parts of
Ireland and beyond to the Hill of Tara and formed a human
harp in protest against the destruction of the Tara
Valley.
I am not sure what award you had in mind, but the most
coveted of all awards for the Tara protesters and the
majority of the people of Ireland, is the re-routing of
the M3 motorway away from the Tara-Skryne valley.
However, should Environment Minister John Gormley rather
not have to again countenance aggressive opposition from
Transport Minister Noel Dempsey and Finance Minister
Brian Cowen, the people of Ireland, and indeed the world
over, will have to live in hope that the EU will
fearlessly challenge such aggressive opposition from the
above mentioned two ministers - because, dear editor,
Tara protesters know that ministers Dempsey and Cowen,
along with their like-minded friends on the Meath county
council, are behind the construction of the M3 motorway
and the destruction of the sacred landscape of Tara, our
shared heritage.
Mark McMullan,
Booterstown,
Co. Dublin.
© The Irish Independent, 4th. October 2007.
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Photos from Aerial Art event.
